Monday, September 28, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
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Alcohol problems discussed
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the problem.
"I sensed they recognized it was a problem with tremendous risks and dangers, but there does not seem to be a recognition that this is a problem they have to work on." Amber said. "For example, they said there should be more enforcement, but then they ridiculed law enforcement."
Although Ambler said the response from the students was at times discouraging, he still thought the task force would be able to make some suggestions for improvement before it concluded its studies in December.
Bar owners participating in a panel discussion were not quite as optimistic.
"I think the University is doing everything it can, but these students are legal adults and you can't be their babysitters," said John Davis, owner of Bull Winkles and
Cadillac Ranch.
Davis spoke about owners' frustrations with fake IDs and the unequal punishment for serving alcohol to people under age 21.
"We are in a no-win situation," Davis told the committee. "The people punished are us, but the people perpetrating the crimes are the students."
Donna Osness, coordinator of health services and substance abuse education for the Lawrence Public Schools, said she wasn't surprised to hear the students or the bar owners say problems started before the University level.
University officials agreed, saying many students have alcoholabuse problems long before they graduate from high school. But they said that does not exempt the University from trying to correct them.
Weinberg said that the University had been interested in programs to prevent alcohol abuse for several years and that he hoped some of the
programs already being used could be effective elsewhere.
"I think that Watkins and the greek communities have good alcohol programs," he said. "Over the last three or four years, we have made significant strides in education efforts, especially in the greek community. I think some of the programs that have been so successful there could be integrated into other groups."
The task force is studying improvements at the University and elsewhere, but it can not make a legally binding decision.
However, Weinberg said, the task force would offer suggestions for policy changes to groups such as the City Commission, the University and Lawrence Public Schools.
"This task force has taken its charge very seriously because there is a lot riding on it," Weinberg said. "This task force may succeed where others have failed because it is a community-wide effort."
Alternatives to drinking available
Underage students find life beyond bars
The wall of a downtown bar is covered with confiscated fake DJs. Many students under age 21 risk getting into trouble with the law to experience the bar scene.
Photo by Corie Waters/KANSAN
By Carolyn Mollett
Kansan staff writer
There is life in Lawrence beyond drinking for students under 21.
Marisa Moreno, 19-year-old Wichita sonohome, doesn't drink
"I like going to clubs and just dancing," she said.
Moreno said the people she went with usually didn't drink at the clubs either. But most of her friends do drink.
"I don't go to a lot of parties because of the whole drinking thing. It just bores me," Moreno said.
Moreno doesn't drink because her father was an alcoholic and was killed in an alcohol-related accident when she was 12.
drink," she said.
"It would be really easy for me to
A report from the University of Kansas Office of Institutional Research and Planning said
that more than 55 percent of KU undergraduate students were under 21 during the fall of 1997, which means that more than half of the University's students might need alternatives to drinking.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said he had spoken with several students about underage drinking since the formation of the Alcohol Task Force this summer.
"Personally, everyone I've talked to says 'yes, there is a problem with underage drinking.'" Hemenway said.
He said that was typical for a lot of universities and that schools were trying to devise alternatives to underage drinking.
"I just think there ought to be some opportunity for students to get together beyond the possibility of getting together to drink." Hemenway said.
Student body president Kevin Yoder said many alternatives existed.
"They'll find there are a lot of alternatives and they can have a great time here at KU without constantly having to party." Yoder said.
He suggested sporting events, Student Union Activities programs, Lied Center shows and campus organizations.
Yoder said that he was more concerned with promoting responsible drinking than preventing underage drinking.
"My stance has always been that I'm not here on a crusade against underage drinking." Yoder said.
Sue Buckley, manager of student programs, talked with students at orientation about alternatives to drinking.
"No. 1 is to get involved in a student organization where you can be around people and the focus isn't drinking," Buckley said.
She said students interested in athletics could play intramursal or go to Lawrence parks, bike trails or lakes. "Just open the paper and find out what's on going," Buckley said.
For those students under 21 who still choose to drink, new bar security and strict enforcement of drinking laws have deterred some KU students from trying the bar scene.
Brian Holmes, 20-year-old Omaha, Neb., junior, went to bars when he was younger.
"Ever since they've started cracking down, I just try to stay away from them," Holmes said.
Amanda, a 20-year-old junior who asked that her last name not be used because she feared legal repercussions, said that she and her roommate were fortunate because they both had good fake IDs.
Amanda said they sometimes went to bars and hadn't had any problems getting in.
"Our IDs work all over town, so it's nice." Amanda said.
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